More information on this program may be found on the ABA website's Law Day section: www.lawday.org. Make sure to take note of the special online quiz on the Law Day theme. The theme for both Celebrate the Constitution and Law Day for 2006-07 is "Liberty Means Responsibility."

Resources

Free Law Day artwork

You'll find several images, like the one above, related to this year's emphasis on "The American Jury: We the People in Action." at this site.

They're available...

• as .jpegs for use in word processing documents, websites, and desktopping, and

• as eps files for graphic designers who work in Quark Xpress, PageMaker, and similar programs.

Free 2005 Law Day planning guides

The Law Day planning guides are a great resource for planning, with ideas on everything from publicity to programs for kids and adults. And they're free.

This year's guides were mailed in early February. If you were on the list you should have already received yours. If you didn't&emdash;or if you received one but would like multiple copies&emdash;just call 800-285-2221 and request product code 3170392, or use this online form. You should get your copies in a week to 10 days after ordering.

Previous years

2004

Other Law Day 2004 resources:

• From the ABA's LawDay.org:
  • Planning Guide
  • Events
  • Articles for local newspapers
  • Artwork
  • Speech materials
  • Two Law Day op-eds by ABA President Robert E. Hirshon
  • ... and many others
• Flyer
• The White House Law Day Proclamation

One of our LRE partners, Street Law, Inc, and their media partner, Court TV, has just added its online piece which includes resources not available elsewhere AND a national web cast on May 17th. Please take a look and share our PBA materials and the Court TV site with your colleagues.

Board v. Brown links from Cable in the Classroom [added 2004-04-24]

• Court TV's Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Special: A look at and discussion of the history and impact of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, featuring such leaders as Reverend Jesse Jackson and The Brown Foundation's Cheryl Brown Henderson. Airs May 1, 8, 15, 17, 22.
• Noggin's Brown v. Board of Education 50 Years Later: The Legacy of School Integration: Documentary examines the state of race relations and integration from a teen perspective by following a group of students as they try to eliminate the self-segregation at their high school. Airs May 17.

2003

Tell us about your Law Day Program

"Tell us what you're planning for Law Day, and we'll give it national exposure through the Law Day website. Last year the ABA Law Day site profiled hundreds of programs in every state. We included information about programs large and small, in an attempt to give a picture of how Law Day is celebrated in communities throughout the nation.

So please give us some of the basic information about what you are planning: the name of the program, where it's located, who you hope to reach, when it will happen, and what the program plans to do. Also please include a contact person and email address.

To get an idea of how the information will be used, please have a look at the events section from last year's Law Day but do it soon as we'll be taking down the 2003 section to make way for all that you're planning in 2004.

If it's easier just to attach a press release or some other document with the key information, just do that."

Charlie White
Division for Public Education (15.3)
American Bar Association
541 North Fairbanks Court
Chicago, IL 60611-3314
312/988-5732
Fax: 312/988-5494
Email: charliewhite@staff.abanet.org

Model Law Day Proclamation

Here is a Law Day proclamation that you may wish to use as a model for proclamations in your state or locality. Having your mayor or governor "proclaim" Law Day is great way of giving Law Day more impact. A public signing is a good photo opportunity and provides another way for key Law Day planners and partners to get the recognition they deserve.

[added: 2003-07-11] Following a trip to the federal courts with students from Cedarbrook Middle School, we received some very nice letters from participants. You can read them here.

[added: 2003-11-11] Law Day 2003 Activity Award Winners Announced